Aluna didn't bond with her mother and is being raised by one lucky zookeeper until she's old enough to eat solid foods.
Squee! Spotter: Unknown (via Chester Zoo)
I turns out that I am NOT the only one complaining about the role of NPs. Just to reiterate, I do believe there their is a collaborative role for them just but NOT a competitive one. They are less educated and less trained (LELT) and they cannot replace doctors. In Well, in the May 16 issue of theNew England Journal of Medicine, the authors of a study were surprised at how far apart doctors and nurse practitioners were in their opinions. Nearly 1,000 doctors and nurse practitioners surveyed were most divided on the question of who gives the higher quality of care: Two-thirds of physicians said if a doctor and nurse practitioner provided the same service, the doctor would do it better. Only a few nurse practitioners agreed with that. A few! Also 82 percent of NPs nurse practitioners felt nurse practitioners should lead their own practices but only 17 percent of doctors did. This magnitude of difference is massive. Here is the best one. Sixty-four percent of NPs said they should receive the same pay as physician for the same care while only 4% of physicians agreed. Same pay! I thought NPs were the cheaper option?
Here are some other tidbit of crap from this Health Day articlewith my thoughts in parenthesis:
Doctors need to protect their turf and their role. Doctors need to protect patients. The training and experience is not the same. It is not politically incorrect to fight back. It is the right thing to do. Remember, the NPs started as a way to be collaborative Now they want to be competitive. Game on.
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